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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11366
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14261
13 Actual Demand 11077
14 Aggregate Planning 12014
15 Air Cargo 9928
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6539
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34682
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15256
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19040
20 Assembly Line 21936
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22796
22 Average Speed of Answer 26452
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22882
24 Batch Production 37957
25 Bill Discounting 14320
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11015
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7023
28 Blanket Release 9878
29 Bonded Warehouse 9956
30 Booking Number 13592
31 Bottleneck 9358
32 Buffer Stock 58742
33 Build to Stock 12814
34 Bullwhip Effect 9425
35 Business Logistics 25362
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12433
37 Capacity Management 40021
38 Capacity Utilization 13924
39 Capital Intensive 8245
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8546
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11974
42 Certified Supplier 8882
43 Channel Effectiveness 8840
44 Co-Destiny 9156
45 Co-managed Inventory 12324
46 Co-Packers 11644
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6735
48 Computer-Based Training 7585
49 Consular Invoice 19526
50 Container Depot 10486
51 Container Freight Station 10205
52 Continuous Replenishment 19330
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11941
54 Contract Carrier 7259
55 Contract of Affreightment 11295
56 Control Charts 7858
57 Cost Flow 10158
58 Courier Service 15049
59 CPFR 8106
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11653
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43770
62 Date Code 18005
63 Days of Supply 19663
64 Dead on Arrival 9079
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7195
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7982
67 Detective Control 8792
68 Devanning 14106
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10733
70 Dispatching 24091
71 Distributed Inventory 8252
72 Distribution Channel Management 34400
73 Distribution Metrics 8920
74 Distribution Planning 24045
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15031
76 Double Marginalization 52419
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22143
78 Dual 5358
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20447
80 Echelon Inventory 25994
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38110
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49282
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25228
85 Engineer-to-Order 31507
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16190
87 Erlang B Formula 9222
88 ETD 8208
89 Ex Works 7748
90 Exception Rate 13312
91 Exponential smoothing 9727
92 External Growth 9940
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9315
94 Field Services 7658
95 Field Warehouse 9834
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8608
97 Fishbone Diagram 14469
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26782
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
101 FOB Destination 12873
102 Forward buying 29889
103 Freight Charge 10212
104 Freight Consolidation 7425
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11578
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29371
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12551
109 Hub 23229
110 Idle Time 7959
 
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